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U.S. Supreme Court Holds Unanimously that ERISA Plaintiffs Need Only Plausibly Allege Elements of Prohibited-Transaction Claim Without Addressing Affirmative Defenses

U.S. Supreme Court Holds Unanimously that ERISA Plaintiffs Need Only Plausibly Allege Elements of Prohibited-Transaction Claim Without Addressing Affirmative Defenses

In Cunningham v. Cornell Univ., No. 23-1007, ---S.Ct.----, 2025 WL 1128943 (U.S. Apr. 17, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the pleading standards for claims under the Employee Retirement Income…

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Second Circuit Decides Decade-long Dispute Over Colgate-Palmolive’s Calculation of Retirement Benefits

In McCutcheon, et al. v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., et al., No. 24-1419, 2025 WL 1009539 (2d Cir. Apr. 4, 2025) (Before: Sack, Robinson, Pérez, Circuit Judges), the Second Circuit Court of…

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Second Circuit Vacates and Remands Dismissal of ERISA Claims Against IBM

In a succinct and unpublished decision, Knight, et al. v. IBM Pers. Pension Plan, et al., No. 24-1281, 2025 WL 1009175 (2d Cir. Apr. 3, 2025), the Second Circuit vacated…

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Fifth Circuit Finds State Law Claims for Underpaid Pension Benefits Preempted by ERISA

In Broussard v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, No. 24-30664, 2025 WL 754536 (5th Cir. Mar. 10, 2025), a dispute alleging underpayment of pension benefits, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considered…

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Eighth Circuit Affirms Award of Deferred Compensation Plan Benefits to Former Company Executive

In Hankins v. Crain Auto. Holdings, LLC, No. 24-1555, __F.4th__, 2025 WL 649895 (8th Cir. Feb. 28, 2025), the court affirmed the district court’s ruling in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Barton…

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Second Circuit Revives ERISA Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims After Finding Pension Plan Participant Has Article III Standing

In Cudjoe v. Building Industry Electrical Contractors Association, et al., No. 24-921, 2025 WL 655580 (2d Cir. Feb. 28, 2025), a case alleging fiduciary misconduct involving the mismanagement of benefit…

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